Ruthanne tagged me to do a five things Meme. I had never heard the proper name for this sort of thing, but have seen it done. Questions are asked, and you respond with short personal answers to each one. She actually asked me to do a homeschooling one as well, but I am working on a LONG post in that area for the future. She told me I only had to answer one of the two, so I chose the short, fun one!
1. What are five things in your refrigerator?
a severed head (of lettuce), extra sharp white cheddar, ingredients to make our homemade salsa,frozen eggs ( I think we need to adjust the airflow between the 'fridge and freezer), and yummy hot wing chicken dip (Aunt Nancy's recipe)
2. What are five things in your closet?
skeletons, my grandmother's painted glass lamp that I dare not use til we get in our "real house", two pair of boots waiting for cold weather, manuals for every appliance we own (or have ever owned!), a hanging pocket-thingy full of costume jewelry
3. What five things are in your purse?
letter to mail, pizza hut "frequent flyer" lunch ticket with only 2 more punches to go (then I get a free buffet!), BC's, photos of family and friends, cell phone that I rarely if ever use (500 minutes lasts me over a year!)
4. What five things are in your car?
several pairs of kids' shoes, old medicine cabinet I got at a yard sale for $1.00 today, rechargeable aa batteries that need to be brought in the house and recharged, homeschool books Mary printed for me at her work for cost (thanks, Mary!), and a piece of carpet given to me by the people who gave us the two toilets from freecycle so the toilets would "stay put" on the way home.(the toilets were clean, and so is the carpet!)
5. Five People to tag
Melissa
James Sappington
Katrina
Peggy Paulin
anyone else who may want to share
you do not have to have a blog to do this. to participate, just click on comments and leave your answers there
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Saturday, August 19, 2006
God is in Control
Today we had quite an experience. We had decided to go over to Tannehill State park for a little while, and we were driving along Greyhill Road, about 2 miles from our home. All of a sudden we noticed a car coming along very rapidly, and swerving all over the road. William tried to get over, but just at the last second, the car hit the left rear of our car, then kept going at what seemed to be full speed, and out of sight past us. Praise the Lord, we were all ok, and William got out to walk up the road and check on the people who were in the other car. We were able to flag down a passing motorist and get them to call the police. As it turned out, the driver was a handicapped woman who had been driving her relative (either daughter or granddaughter) home from work and had fallen asleep at the wheel. When their car left the road, amazingly it did not flip or hit anything, although there was potential for these things to have happened. We felt so blessed and grateful to God that no one was hurt. The paramedics came and took the other driver to the hospital, just to have everything checked out, but she seemed to be fine.Her relative was also fine. It is so great to know that God is in control, not only of that, but EVERY situation!!
Friday, August 11, 2006
edible(?) wild plants
this is an Asiatic (or Virginia) day flower that Noah found out in our front yard. we later found several of these.we think these are both edible, but we are no experts, so PLEASE do not eat
turk's cap lily that I discovered, also in the front yard
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Salsa!
Monday I made two batches of our famous salsa using tomatoes given to us by the Characters. We finally retired our old food processor that literally fell into two pieces as I was holding it. I am glad William went by and picked up a "new and improved model" on the way home. ( BTW, how can something be New AND Improved? If it's new there's never been anything like it, and if it's improved, there has to have been something that can be improved!! )
When I chopped the jalapenoes, which is the first step, I thought I was going to have to go put on a gas mask to finish the process! They were so strong that the membranes of my eyes and throat were definitely affected. I started coughing and tearing up, and was having trouble approaching the container to remove some of the peppers before continuing. I was finally able to get past the overwhelming burning and add the rest of the ingredients. It came out tasting sooo delicious! Home grown tomatoes definitely made a difference. I am not bragging when I say it rivals any good Mexican restaurant salsa. Much better than "store boughten" jarred sauce. We got the recipe with some horrible, hand powered chopper we bought several years ago. It was almost impossible to turn the handle while trying to keep the container flat on the counter, and it was very difficult to keep control. We ended up throwing out the chopper, but realized we had found a gem when we tasted the salsa we created by using the recipe in the instruction booklet.
We were intending to take part of the first batch to Brother Derek's (our pastor) family. Before we got out of the driveway, Bailey noticed that the salsa had spilled out of its container and (thankfully!) into the plastic bag. It was sad to lose half the batch like that, but I made another batch after delivering salsa and chips to the Johnson's. Here's the recipe for those who want it.
1-3 jalapenos
1 bunch fresh cilantro
3 medium tomatoes (either home grown, or "on the vine" from the store)
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 medium onion
1 red or orange bell pepper
1 clove garlic, pressed
1T olive oil
1 T apple cider vinegar
1/2 t cumin
1/2 t oregano
1-1/2 t salt
juice of 1/2 lemon or lime
use food processor to chop jalapenoes. remove majority of them from container to add back in at end.
wash all vegetables well, especially cilantro. cut stems off cilantro and discard. put tops in bowl of processor and pulse to chop. add in can of tomatoes next, pulse lightly. then add in pieces of onion and bell pepper. next add pieces of fresh tomatoes. pulse after each addition. finally, add garlic, liquids and all spices. again, pulse to mix thoroughly. after salsa is thoroughly blended together, taste to see if you need to add salt, or more of the jalapenoes. Make sure if it needs salt to add the salt before adding additional peppers. the salt will bring out the heat of the peppers. William likes this with Doritos scoops, but I prefer the flat santitas or tostitos bite size chips. Enjoy!
When I chopped the jalapenoes, which is the first step, I thought I was going to have to go put on a gas mask to finish the process! They were so strong that the membranes of my eyes and throat were definitely affected. I started coughing and tearing up, and was having trouble approaching the container to remove some of the peppers before continuing. I was finally able to get past the overwhelming burning and add the rest of the ingredients. It came out tasting sooo delicious! Home grown tomatoes definitely made a difference. I am not bragging when I say it rivals any good Mexican restaurant salsa. Much better than "store boughten" jarred sauce. We got the recipe with some horrible, hand powered chopper we bought several years ago. It was almost impossible to turn the handle while trying to keep the container flat on the counter, and it was very difficult to keep control. We ended up throwing out the chopper, but realized we had found a gem when we tasted the salsa we created by using the recipe in the instruction booklet.
We were intending to take part of the first batch to Brother Derek's (our pastor) family. Before we got out of the driveway, Bailey noticed that the salsa had spilled out of its container and (thankfully!) into the plastic bag. It was sad to lose half the batch like that, but I made another batch after delivering salsa and chips to the Johnson's. Here's the recipe for those who want it.
1-3 jalapenos
1 bunch fresh cilantro
3 medium tomatoes (either home grown, or "on the vine" from the store)
1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 medium onion
1 red or orange bell pepper
1 clove garlic, pressed
1T olive oil
1 T apple cider vinegar
1/2 t cumin
1/2 t oregano
1-1/2 t salt
juice of 1/2 lemon or lime
use food processor to chop jalapenoes. remove majority of them from container to add back in at end.
wash all vegetables well, especially cilantro. cut stems off cilantro and discard. put tops in bowl of processor and pulse to chop. add in can of tomatoes next, pulse lightly. then add in pieces of onion and bell pepper. next add pieces of fresh tomatoes. pulse after each addition. finally, add garlic, liquids and all spices. again, pulse to mix thoroughly. after salsa is thoroughly blended together, taste to see if you need to add salt, or more of the jalapenoes. Make sure if it needs salt to add the salt before adding additional peppers. the salt will bring out the heat of the peppers. William likes this with Doritos scoops, but I prefer the flat santitas or tostitos bite size chips. Enjoy!
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